7 h. ago Transform brown, patchy and wilted grass to a lush green lawn in four steps

If your lawn is looking worse for wear due to the recent hot weather, there are some simple ways to bring it back to life without having to invest in pricey treatments

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1 week ago ‘Made for sex’: the hedonistic party palaces of New York’s Fire Island – and the blond bombshell who made them

It is a ‘queer Xanadu’, a sliver of sand where weekend-long revelling takes place in fabulous modernist beach-houses. As Fire Island gets its mojo back, we celebrate the Speedos-wearing architect who defined its lookPosters advertising a “bear weekend” cling to the utility poles on Fire Island, punctuating the wooden boardwalks that meander through a lush dune landscape of beach grass and pitch pine. It’s not a celebration of grizzlies, by the looks of the flyers, but of large bearded men in small swimming trunks, bobbing in the pools and sprawled on the sundecks of mid-century modernist homes. You might also find them frolicking in the bushes of this idyllic car-free island, a nature reserve of an unusual kind that stretches in a 30-mile sliver of sand off the coast of Long Island in New York.Over the last century, Fire Island Pines, as the central square-mile section of this sandy spit is known, has evolved into something of a queer Xanadu. Now counting about 600 homes, it is a pl...

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2 w. ago Gardeners told to pour washing up liquid over lawns to get 'lush green grass' this summer

If your lawn is looking a little patchy and dull, there is a simple hack to fix it this summer

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3 w. ago Lawns will be emerald green in hot weather if you follow 1 simple gardening task now

Keeping a lawn green can be a struggle once the weather heats up, but there is a simple way to keep it hydrated and healthy

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3 w. ago UK gardeners urged to sprinkle one 89p kitchen ingredient onto lawns

Gardening experts are now advising the sprinkling of sugar across lawns this spring and summer, as it's an affordable, straightforward solution that can utterly transform a lacklustre or yellowing lawn into a dense, green paradise just in time for summer

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3 w. ago Gardening expert's key advice for making sure your lawn is green and lush all summer

A thick, lush lawn can sometimes seem out of reach, but there are ways to make your grass look greener than ever - and it will work not only this summer but for seasons to come

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